Genesis 33:5:3Gen.33.5.W3PAT

וַיַּ֤רְא

vayar

he saw

Transliteration
va-YAR
Extended
vah-YAHR
IPA
/waj.ˈjar/

Meaning by language

English
he saw
French
il vit
Spanish
vio
Portuguese
viu
German
er sah
Russian
он увидел
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأَى
Hindi
उसने देखा
Chinese-Simplified
他看见了
Korean
그가 보았다
Indonesian
ia melihat
Bengali
সে দেখল
Tagalog
at nakita niya
Swahili
aliona
Amharic
እርሱ አየ
Yoruba
ó rí
Igbo
o hụrụ
Twi
ohuu
Ewe
e kpɔ

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Result
וַ + יַּ֤רְא
va + yar
vayar

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YAR et-ha-na-SHIM

  3. clause

    va-yis-SA et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-ha-na-SHIM ve-et-ha-ye-la-DIM va-yo-MER mi-EL-leh LAKH

  4. sentence

    va-yis-SA et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-ha-na-SHIM ve-et-ha-ye-la-DIM va-yo-MER mi-EL-leh LAKH va-yo-MAR ha-ye-la-DIM a-sher-kha-NAN e-lo-HIM et-av-DE-kha

In contextGenesis 33:5

he lifted up his eyes he saw the women and the children he said who are these to you he said the children whom graciously granted God to your servant

About this coordinate

Genesis 33:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 33:5, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤רְא (vayar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.33.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.5.W3.S1) and character.